Suzanne Russell Art
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Fit a Trachle
A long day today. We had a lovely 7 mile walk taking in a bit of the River Ness, a bit of the Moray Firth, and a bit of the Caledonian Canal. Then some lunch, and catching a train late afternoon to return home. Unfortunately that train got stuck behind a broken train, so we…
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Books and Wolves
I spent most of the the day browsing books, mostly in Leakey’s Bookshop (Inverness), and purchases were made. That was the whole point of the trip, so well done me. The tail end of Storm Bert was making itself known with rain and biting wind, so wandering about wasn’t the best fun, but we did…
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Sunday Travel Sketches
Sat in a hotel room in very poor lighting on a very uncomfortable chair munching salad leaves and playing with my “travel art kit”. I took a 9x14cm sketchbook that I haven’t done very much in, and a cheap fineliner pen. I decided at the last minute to grab the travel palette that I bought…
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Saturday Storm
Storm Bert upended all the plans for today, and we haven’t departed yet. This meant I had time to put the finishing touches to this one, and although it’s not my thing, I like the end result. Til the morn, Suzanne 280/300
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Watercolour and Mood
I was not in the mood today. I didn’t sleep very well, and I am minorly distracted by an upcoming wee trip, and knuckling down to anything wasn’t happening today. I did do a couple of rounds of fixing all the charcoal, pastel and graphite drawings I have done recently. Luckily it was dry outside,…
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Older Woman Sketch
I could have pushed this one a bit further, but she was done in around forty minutes and then the delivery guys arrived with the new washing machine, so that changed the focus of the day. The new washing machine is lovely and quiet, and very twirly, and the old one was taken away for…
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Grungey
I finished the art journal spread with the abstract collage that I started yesterday. I made good use of the vermillion soft pastel that I bought recently to top up an order so as to get free postage. I’m a big fan of vermillion. This spread was inspired by a Jerney Marisha Let’s Face It…
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Abstract Collage
Today was one of those days where I got up to lots of different things, but none of them are at particularly photogenic stages of development. I’m not averse to putting up bad art, but boring in-between stages where things are drying isn’t inspiring to blog about. So, here’s a bit of an in-progress art…
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Woman With Glasses
Catching up on Let’s Face It today with a class by Mika Denny. This is my third piece using pan pastels, so I’m not well-practised at all with this medium. I do like it tho. I chose my own reference from Unsplash for this, more in keeping with my theme of women who aren’t amused.…
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Exhibition
Today has been a LOT, and I may not sleep much lol. I am very pleased to say that my portrait of Gisèle Pelicot will be part of the Scottish Society of Artists 126th Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. My painting will be in the 30×30 small works section. !!! I…
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Bluesky and Sketchbook
My favourite thing about my sketchbooks is the way that you can go from ‘that’s nae bad’ to ‘I’ve forgotten how to see and draw’ on the same spread. Aside from just the fun of it, it helps me to decide which reference I’m feeling for a project. Lol. In other news, I have been…
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Foreshortened
I have a stack of unused canvases that should be embarrassing, but they’re not. I do seem to have acquired an excess of little 6″ square ones, tho. I think they are a nice size for friends and family to pick up as gifts for me, and I am never, ever going to say no…
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